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spicymt072520's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident
Good book. Hard at times to read.rskey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Abandonment
tyungman7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse
akeilmorris's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Child death
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking
kirstenw13's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, and Toxic friendship
zarakoconnor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, and Stalking
j_pink23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
frozenheartv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
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No one writes about motherhood and mother-daughter relationship like Ashley Audrain. It took me a while to gather up all of the details together with the ending of the book to really got what they author wanted to tell us. The book was phenomenon. My jaw dropped after I had realized the things, and I had chills down my spine.
To get started, I would say that this book is really "heavy"; not literally, of course, but psychologically heavy. It was not a literal thriller or suspense book either. However, it gripped me from start to end, made me wanted to listen for more. It was written in the first-person point-of-view to make us felt like we were in Blythe's mind. Because of this, I felt more connected to Blythe. I felt her pain, her insecurities, her unstable mind and so on. Throughout the book, the author carefully sprinkled hints here and there for us to really understood the ending. The twist was not hard to guess but it made everything clearer and started to link with each other.
The author succeeded in portraying how trauma can pass on throughout every generations and how hard for the younger generations try to get rid of the toxic cycle.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
caoimhe_fleming's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
me_rose's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Abandonment